David Lawani
The Presidential Screening Commitee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has disqualified 10 aspirants vying for presidency in 2023.
The committee led by Chief John Odigie Oyegun submitted its report to the party chairman, Adamu Abdullahi at the National Secretariat in Abuja on Friday.
This leaves behind 13 aspirants in the race to emerge the flag bearer of the party in the 2023 presidential election.
ThisNigeria reports that the APC Presidential primary will hold on the 6th-8th of June, 2022.
Odigie-Oyegun panel concludes screening of APC presidential aspirants
The aspirants screened by the committee include; Sen. Bola Ahmed Tinubu, a former governor of Lagos State and national leader of the party, Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo and Mr Rotimi Amaechi, who until recently was, the Minister of Transportation.
Others are; ex-governor of Akwa Ibom and former Minister of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Sen. Godswill Akpabio, former Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu and former Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba.
Former Imo governor, Sen. Rochas Okorocha, former Ogun governor, Sen. Ibikunle Amosun, Pastor Tunde Bakare, Cross River’s Gov. Ben Ayade, and his Ebonyi counterpart, Gov. Dave Umahi, are also in the race.
Also in the race are former President of the Senate, Sen. Ken Nnamani, Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi, Jigawa’s Gov. Badaru Abubakar and President of the Senate, Dr Ahmad Lawan.
Others are; former Zamfara governor, Sen. Ahmed Yerima, Pastor Nicholas Nwagbo, and former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Dimeji Bankole ,and the only female contender, Mrs Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye.
